Earthwork Slips and Subsidences upon Public Works Their Causes, Prevention, and Reparation
CHAPTER IX.
THE DEPOSITION OF AN EMBANKMENT—PREPARATION OF THE GROUND UPON WHICH AN EMBANKMENT HAS TO BE DEPOSITED—METHODS OF PROCEDURE—CONSIDERATION OF SOME OF THE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS—THE EFFECT OF THE HEIGHT OF A TIP AND THE LENGTH OF A LEAD—THE STEAM NAVVY AND EMBANKMENTS 156–170